Cure for MND Research Blog
The latest MND/ALS Research From Around The World
Dr Rebecca Sheean – Translational Research Coordinator – Cure for MND Foundation
Diseases Processes in MND: Part 3
In this blog I will go into the last two disease process associated with MND from the review paper “Decoding ALS: from genes to mechanism”. This week we are going to focus on topics e and f which discuss changes in transport along the axon of the motor neuron and...
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Disease Processes in MND: Part 2 Following on from last year’s blog where you would have read about the disease processes – disturbances in protein quality control, from the review paper “Decoding ALS: from genes to mechanism”, this week we are going to focus on...
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Clinical Trial Update – 27th ALS/MND Conference
Update on MND clinical Trials from the MND Symposium Below is a brief run-down on some common terms used when describing clinical trials. Clinical trials are run in phases, with each phase dependent on the success of the previous phase. Usually trials are run as Phase...
read more27th International Symposium on MND – Dublin, Ireland
In early December, the 27th International Symposium on MND was held at the Dublin Convention Centre, located on the banks of the river Liffey. The conference ran over 3 days and was attended by over 800 delegates made up of MND researcher’s, neurologists, carers and...
read moreDisease Processes in MND : Part 1
This week a new article was published in Nature, one of the best journals in the scientific field. It is a review entitled “Decoding ALS: from genes to mechanism” and is an excellent summary of what we know and what we think might cause MND. The article...
read moreLost In Translation
Hello and welcome to our first Cure for MND research Blog! Here I will provide you with new and interesting updates on MND discoveries and research progress from here in Australia and all over the world. A little about me to start with… My name is Bec Sheean and I am...
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